“Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is the authority, or that he possesses great moral dominion over others, yet it is spiritually unwarranted. By that point he loses steam; in result, he falsely begins trying to prove that unwarranted dominion by seizing the role of a condemner.” MenTryingBelieveDoeFallLosesResultsMoralRolesInfluencePrideProveAuthorityDominionSteamSeizing Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.” PeopleMenBelieveBehindsMysteryPrideInvolvedLogicFamiliarSuperiorsClans Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.” FirstsBelieveImportantFilmWishPrideCopHappy EndingsFulfilment Author:Joe Wright
“I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.” PeopleBelieveHumansImportantI BelieveHuman BeingsPrideProveImmenseTattooNo Love Author:Steven Morrissey
“We learn early on that, in order to be a winner, you have to believe in yourself. You have to have the confidence to make things happen. And you have to have personal pride.” BelieveHappensSuccessOrderSportsPrideThings HappenWinnerBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouMake Things HappenPersonal Pride Author:Alan Cohen
“I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear and self-love at once protected me from and subjected me to.... For if grace woke me to God's presence in the world and in my heart, it also woke me to his absence. I never truly felt the pain of unbelief until I began to believe.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartLongI CanSelfPainFallFeltGracePrideSelf LoveMy HeartAbsenceUnconsciousAffectedProtectedUnbeliefGod's Presence Author:Christian Wiman
“I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and self-seeking and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God; and I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him when he is full already with something else.” IfsMenWorldBelieveHeartSelfMomentsLawSpiritI BelievePleasureRoomsPridePrayingHolyAmbitionSeekingCornersContraryGhostSelfishnessHoly SpiritConceitHoly GhostPraying To GodSpirit Of God Book:Secret Power Source: Secret Power